The United States extends 55 million dollars financial aid to help two million Ethiopian farmers affected by the food insecurity crisis caused by the war between Russia and Ukraine. It is funding that comes as many experience food insecurity challenges caused by the escalating price of commodities due to the war.
It is part of President Joe Biden’s pledge—made in late June during the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Germany—to provide 2.76 billion dollars to protect the world’s most vulnerable populations from the escalating global food security crisis.
The project includes assisting farmers whose water and supply systems were destroyed by the conflict in northern Ethiopia.
"USAID will help them boost Ethiopia’s current food production supply by rebuilding water supply systems, granting agribusiness loans, training farmers unions, bolstering seed and fertilizer distribution networks, and helping farmers purchase vital farming equipment" the Agency said in its statement.
Over the last year, the United States has invested nearly 1.3 billion dollars in projects in development and humanitarian work. This makes the US the biggest bilateral donor to Ethiopia.
